by jpitney | Jun 16, 2024 | Character
In 2018, Ashley McGuire wrote of President George H.W. Bush: Among the many moving images that came out of yesterday’s state funeral for former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, one stood out: each of his children, lined up with their spouses, with their hands over...
by jpitney | Nov 1, 2021 | Character, civic virtue, Civility, Polarization
Daniel Stid at The Art of Association: Given the nature of our country and its system of government, good citizenship in the United States calls for additional virtues that rest on forbearance and reciprocity. We need to get better at talking with or at least...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2020 | Character, Civic Education, civic virtue
Daniel Stid at The Art of Association: We need some hope and a sense of how we might regain our footing as citizens to renew the world’s oldest democracy. We can find them in a recent report from the American Academy of Arts and Science’s Commission on...
by jpitney | Feb 25, 2020 | Character, Education
Peter Wehner: Our schools are but one institution of many that are tasked with shaping the moral lives of the young. The philosopher Martin Buber, while cautioning not to overestimate what the educator can do to develop character, wrote, “Education worthy of its name...
